Add an option to remember user decision of inclusion or exclusion of cross-referenced entries when copying

[HoussemNasri]

Depends on #12340

What?

As part of implementing the include/exclude cross-references option in (#12340) when copying entries, we need to give users the option to preserve their selection across sessions for handling cross-references during the copy-paste operation.

How?

Add a "Remember my decision" checkbox to the "Copy to" dialog. When checked, this option will apply the user’s current selection (whether to include or exclude cross-referenced entries) automatically in future copy operations, without displaying the dialog again.

Store user decision in JabRefGuiPreferences.

Definition of Done

• Unit tests to verify that the user's preference for cross-references is remembered and applied correctly.

[yashpandey06]

@HoussemNasri ...that seems interesting can i work on this ?

[yashpandey06]

@HoussemNasri just a curious question ...are we planning to take a part in the upcoming GSOC session ?

[HoussemNasri]

that seems interesting can i work on this ?

This is a task to implement a complete new feature, unfortunately the tasks are not independent, #12339 is the first task in the list. You can ask to be assigned there if the task looks interesting.

[HoussemNasri]

just a curious question ...are we planning to take a part in the upcoming GSOC session ?

Who are we? 😅

[yashpandey06]

just a curious question ...are we planning to take a part in the upcoming GSOC session ?

Who are we? 😅

Apologies for the confusion...I mean the org/project

[HoussemNasri]

We probably will, there is not yet any official information from Google, but we expect that we will need to finalize our ideas at the beginning of the year.

[priyanshu16095]

How can I assign this task to myself?

[priyanshu16095]

I am interested in working on this.

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[priyanshu16095]

Is the UI okay according to the requirements given in the issue?

[Siedlerchr]

Yeah, UI wise looks good!

[priyanshu16095]

Do I also need to write tests for the Preference class? Other Preference classes do not have any tests written.

[Siedlerchr]

No, we focus on testing the important stuff, mostly the logic stuff. We do have some UI tests, but they are not easy.
However, probably you can also stuff like viewModels. They just expose their data through bindings.

Just open a draft PR. Makes it easier to comment on specific details

[priyanshu16095]

I have created a draft PR. Please review it and provide any suggestions.